''Virginie'' was a

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that aired Monday through Thursday on

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(the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

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. It frequently dealt with controversial social topics, such as teen drug use, ethnic prejudice, divorce, and other subjects touching on contemporary Quebec life. "Virginie" was a ''

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''-style drama that often used "cliffhangers" in the storylines. It aired 120 episodes per year of 30 minutes each. The series was produced and largely written by

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. Virginie ended in December 2010 after 15 years on air; the last episode aired on December 15, 2010. The final episode drew more than 807,000 viewers in Quebec, or about 200,000 more than its average viewership for a typical episode. The program maintained a high level of popularity throughout its television run.

Current main characters

* Virginie Charest (

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, 2007–2010) is a

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teacher at the school. * Frédéric Perreault (

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), boyfriend of Virginie Charest, is a member of the Royal 22^e Régiment and currently based in

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. The 2009 season finale cliffhanger suggested that the character died on duty. * Stéphane Lessieur ( Peter Miller), former boyfriend of Virginie Boivin and father of her two children. He is currently a police officer with the

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. He dated the sexologist of the school, Veronique. He is now dating Virginie Charest * Bernard Paré (Jean L'Italien) * Pierre Lacaille (JiCi Lauzon) * Hercule Bellehumeur (Martin Larocque) He is an overweight gym teacher. He is dating Agathe, who is also a gym teacher. Hercule is always on a diet...but loves food and eating too much to resist! * Péneloppe Belhumeur (Sonia Vachon) She was a teacher at Ste-Jeanne D'arc. She is the sister of Hercule Belhummeur, the gym teacher. She used to date Lacaille, and had a child with him. * Hugo Lacasse (played by Patrice Bissonnette before the 2002 season, then by Fabien Dupuis) * Michel Rivest (Marcel Leboeuf) * Ghislaine Cormier (Louise Deschâtelets) * Monique Rivest (Annick Bergeron) * René Ouellet (

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) * * Bobby Rajotte (Hubert Proulx) * Pierre-Paul Laporte (Benoit Langlais)

Other current characters

* “Toutoune” Laporte (Eric Hoziel) * Cathie Laurendeau (Joëlle Morin) * Juge Pringle (Réjean Lefrançois) * Agathe Sirois (

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) * Sylvain Lajoie (Cédric Pépin) * Véronique Gagnon (Christine Beaulieu)

Past characters

* Virginie Boivin ( Chantal Fontaine, 1996–2008) was the main character until 2008 when she left the series. She was a

teacher at the school, who left to live in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean with her two young children. * Maurice Ladouceur (

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) Maurice was killed by a drunk driver. * Louise Pouliot (Pascale Desrochers) Louise left after giving birth to her child. * Patrick Labbé as Gary Lamothe * Monique Chabot as Cécile Boivin *

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as Pierre Boivin *

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as Lucie Chabot *

Jean-François Pichette Jean-François Pichette (born 1962) is a Québécois actor. Filmography * '' Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu)'' (1988), as Quentin * '' An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée)'' (1990), as Tibo * '' Montréal P.Q.'' ( 1992) (TV series), ...

as Daniel Charron * Marie-Joanne Boucher as Claudie Paré * Julie Vincent as Dominique Latreille * Frédéric Angers as Guillaume Tremblay * Michel Daigle as Édouard Lirette * Katerine Mousseau as Mireille Langlois * Jacques L'Heureux as Julien Constantin * Nathalie Gascon as Andrée Constantin* * Véronique Bannon as Karine Constantin * Patrice Godin as Marc Dubuc *

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as Suzanne Simoneau * Bernard Fortin as Marc Dupras * Muriel Dutil as Lise Bombardier * Frédéric Pierre as Sylvestre Paul * Alexandra Laverdière as Julie Constantin * Marie-Josée Normand as Marilyn Potvin * Fanny Lauzier as Véronique Bernier * Jean Petitclerc as Michel Francoeur * Denyse Chartier as Carmen Paré *

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as Luc Paré * Denis Bernard as Roger Tremblay *

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as Évelyne Boivin * Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau as Pénélope Chabot-Charron *

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as Oliver Briscbois *

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as Alice * Cleo Tellier as Émilie * Dominique Lévesque as Henri-Paul Dutrisac *

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as Marie-Claude Roy *

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as Gilles Bazinet *

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as Gilles Bazinet *

Lucie Laurier Lucie Laurier (born 19 March 1975) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films ''Anne Trister'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Genie Awards in 19 ...

as Karine Constantin *

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as Patrick Betrand * Tony Conte as Pietro Curvo *

André Ducharme André Ducharme (born 23 July 1961) is a Canadian author, comedian, and humorist from Quebec. He was a member of the musical comedy group Rock et Belles Oreilles Rock et Belles Oreilles (RBO) was a Canadian radio, television and stage comedy ...

as Alain Gauthier * Maxim Gaudette as Éric Pouliot * Martin Gendron as Stéphane Pouliot * Myriam Houle as Kim Dubé * Nicole Leblanc as Yolande Lacaille * Pierre Legris as Robert Bourdages * Danièle Lorain as Sœur Jacinthe Lacroix * Linda Malo as Sophie Lapierre * Isabelle Maréchal as Andréanne Rocheleau * Lise Martin as Sœur Rose-Marie *

Dominique Michel Dominique Michel, OC, CQ (born ''Aimée Sylvestre''; September 24, 1932 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Quebec comedian, actress, singer and artist. Biography She began her career in cabarets performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque and subse ...

as Geneviève Leblanc * Louis-David Morasse as Simon Laberge * Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré as Claude Armand * Patricia Nolin as Marie Lalonde * Eric Paulhus as Guy Landry *

Julien Poulin Julien Poulin (born April 20, 1946) is Canadian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series. Elvis Gratton films His most memorable role was Elvis Gratton in whi ...

as Jean-Louis Beaudry * Adèle Reinhardt as Normande Legault * Cleo Tellier as Élève principale * Geneviève Rochette as Maria-Isabella Ortiz * Martin Rouette as Videk Striknër * Jason Roy Léveillée as Steve Ferron * Isabelle Sénécal-Lapointe as Léa-Marie Clément * Caroline Tanguay as Annie Legault * Lily Thibeault as Josiane Despaties * Daniel Thomas as Philippe Gagné *

Johanne-Marie Tremblay Johanne-Marie Tremblay (born 1950) is a Canadian actress. She had her first film role in the 1988 '' Straight for the Heart'', after which she was discovered by director Denys Arcand and cast as the character Constance in ''Jesus of Montreal'' (1 ...

as Ginette Boivin * Sonia Vachon as Pénélope Belhumeur * Rosie Yale as Lily Péloquin

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References

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